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A Gently Sloping Trail

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Today was our day off for the week.  Four of us got up early and went to Phraya Nakhon which is a shrine in a sink hole.  We could get there by hiking or boat and less hiking.  We decided to hike all the way in and do the boat on the way out.  After spending so much time sitting in class, or walking around town or riding in songthaews, it was nice to actually hike in nature.  So glad we got up early.  We did a lot of the hike before the heat of the day and we missed most of the rest of the tourists.  It was really beautiful.  At one point, there was a sign explaining how far the trail was and it said that it was a gently sloping trail.  Everything from that point on was so steep, stairs were cut into the trail.  I’m going to guess that someone was a little confused on the difference between gentle and aggressive.  Near the end of the trail, you walked into a beautiful cave/sink hole.  Then the trail led into another one.  This last one had the shrine.  It was very beautiful.  We hiked back down to the beach and took the boat back.  On the way back to town we stopped at the Hua Hin train station which we had heard was worth checking out.  It was worth a couple of pictures.  Later we had dinner at one of the night markets.  Back to school tomorrow.

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A Delightful Wrong Turn

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We had today off of class.  A few of us went out in search of the beach we had been to last night.  We took a very long songtao ride.  It took way longer than we thought it would.  The directions we had been given were get off the songtao, go left, cross a bridge, turn left after the 2nd mini mart.  Turn left (the first one) is drastically different depending on what direction you are facing when you get off the truck.  We took the wrong left.  It led us to a beach we didn’t want to go to.  Then down a dead end street.  We saw another street on the other side of a big field so we crossed the sketchy field and walked up the road.  On one side of the road was a creek with so many fishing boats on it that it was difficult to figure out how they all fit in there.  The other side of the road had people selling fresh fish.  Horseshoe crab, blue crap, giant prawns, lobster, squid and more.  Behind most of the tanks were grills, kitchens, and restaurants.

We also saw monkeys.  We eventually found our way to the beach we had been at the night before.  There were more places to eat, beach vendors, pony rides, tons of people swimming or laying out on chairs.  It was cooler than it has been in days which was nice.  We spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach and then went back to the fish market area for dinner.  It was one of the best meals I’ve had in Thailand so far.

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